Benefits of Accreditation

All accredited Breathworks Mindfulness Teachers enjoy the following benefits:

Access to and use of curriculum and all related materials for the Mindfulness for Health and/or Mindfulness for
Stress courses, with free curriculum updates when available
A free listing of contact information on the online Breathworks teachers directory
Use of the Breathworks name and logo for marketing purposes
10% discount on all Breathworks Continuing Professional Development events
25% discount on all Breathworks study materials

Latest

Methods for Living Well with Pain and Illness

A 10-day online taster course. The perfect introduction to the Breathworks approach, meditations, methods, and practices.
GIVE2LIVE Day Retreats

Sophie from Breathworks London shares the exciting news about the Mindfulness Day Retreats taking place at the West London Buddhist Centre this year to support the Breathworks Foundation. Book your place now!
Join Breathworks 'FUN'draising challenges - Perfect Vision 2020

Following last week’s blog about her vision for 2020, Vidyamala would like to invite you to take part in a fundraising challenge for Breathworks!
2020 Vision - An Awareness & Kindness Revolution

Vidyamala looks back, 20 years on from first teaching mindfulness courses for pain and illness, and 10 years on from setting up The Breathworks Foundation to give bursaries so that people in need can access them.

Mindfulness and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome can be a deeply distressing and disruptive condition. In this heartening blog, Ben shares what learning mindfulness with Breathworks has meant to him and his struggle with CFS.
Mindfulness for Health course

Award winning mindfulness and compassion course to give you the tools and skills to live well with chronic pain and illness.
The Three Pillars Of Excellent Mindfulness Teaching

Breathworks Teacher Suryacitta has been training people to teach for years, and has noticed some common mistakes. In this excellent blog, he gives some pointers to mindfulness teachers and those thinking of becoming teachers.
Confessions of the World's Worst Mindfulness Teacher

Read how Mark came to mindfulness as a sceptical attendee at a drop-in session. He now teaches regularly and has seen the benefits of a mindfulness practice on himself, his mother and his colleagues & patients.
Three Things You Need to Start Doing to Stay Energised at Work

Turn the long post 3pm slog into a walk in the park with these three simple practices and feel more mindful to boot!
Three Essential Mindfulness Practices for Resilience

We all have good days and bad days, usually determined by what’s happened to us. But what if we flipped the script and started relating to things differently? What if what made a day good or bad wasn’t so much about what happened to us as it was down to how we responded?
Breathworks Appoints New Non-Executive Directors

Breathworks has recently decided to expand our Board to include three incredible Non-Executive Directors - who will be able to offer advice and guidance based on their own areas of expertise. It is a pleasure to introduce them here.
The Things I Do for Science...

Breathworks Founder Vidyamala Burch recently volunteered to take part in an experiment into the effect of high levels of pain on the brain, giving her ample opportunity to make use of her own pain management strategies!
World Health Organisation Recognises Chronic Pain

The World Health Organisation have updated their classification of chronic pain, in a way that should improve patient care and chronic pain research efforts worldwide.
From Depression to Mindfulness

Niccy shares her experiences of depression, and how, after many years, her mindfulness practice helped her to break the cycles that kept her tied to chronic unhappiness.